Creamy & crunchy
Subtitle: an informal history of peanut butter, the all-American food
By: Jon Krampner
Series: Arts and traditions of the table
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780231162326
Subjects: Peanut butter; History
Description: "Creamy and Crunchy feature stories of Jif, Skippy, Peter Pan; the plight of black peanut farmers; the resurgence of natural or old-fashioned peanut butter; the reasons why Americans like peanut butter better than (almost) anyone else; the five ways that today's product is different from the original; the role of peanut butter in fighting Third World hunger; and the Salmonella outbreaks of 2007 and 2009, which threatened peanut butter's sacred place in the American cupboard. To a surprising extent, the story of peanut butter is the story of twentieth-century America, and Jon Krampner writes its first popular history, rich with anecdotes and facts culled from interviews, research, travels in the peanut-growing regions of the South, personal stories, and recipes."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.